King's College London - Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy

MSc in Global Leadership and Peacebuilding

Our Global Leadership and Peacebuilding MSc examines the mutually reinforcing links between global leadership, peace and society, especially in developing nations. Through this blended learning programme, which offers both face-to-face and online modules and which supports wholly online study where applicable, you will learn to understand the huge significance of global leadership processes and outcomes in peacebuilding efforts in the developing world and the impacts they have on society.

Next-generation leaders must be able to thrive across different socio-cultural contexts while achieving success in organisations. In a dynamic global context with a wide array of diverse actors and stakeholders, global leaders need a unique set of skills and must be uniquely prepared. The Global Leadership and Peacebuilding programme seeks:

• To deepen students understanding of the different patterns of global leadership that have underlined social, political, economic and peace processes and outcomes in developing societies and across the world;
• To advance peacebuilding knowledge - conceptually and operationally - on the process of leadership and global problem-solving in developing societies and across the world;
• To develop in students deep analytical skills in response to global challenges in the 21st century.

We see our students as the next generation leaders who must be able to thrive across different socio-cultural contexts, while achieving success in organisations; we help them understand the complexity of global leadership in creating transformative change and building peace across the world.

Key benefits

• Experience a range of learning experiences that combine online teaching with intensive face-to-face classroom experiences.
• Become an expert in what leadership really means and the complexities that defy standard narratives.
• Build upon and expand knowledge gained from your undergraduate or professional experiences, with a deliberate and clear overlap with global affairs, global economy, politics and economics (as well as other disciplines and sectors).
• Transform your perspective and get the chance to translate your ideas into change-making opportunities within your own contexts.
• Network with our global network of renowned academics, practitioners, activists and institutional partners that include universities, international organisations, and research and policy institutions from across the world.
• Shape your own syllabus with a broad selection of optional modules across King's, with emphasis on the Faculty of Social Science & Public Policy.

Duration: One year full-time, September to September, two years part-time